History Professor REACTS to GLADIATOR I & II: How Accurate Is It?

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @ccabral1123
    @ccabral1123 5 днів тому +2

    Jaclyn Neel we need more of you! PLEASE MAKE MORE MOVIE REVIEWS! Or anything honestly.

  • @dewittcheng4009
    @dewittcheng4009 13 днів тому +5

    Thanks, great information!

  • @DestinyAwaits19
    @DestinyAwaits19 25 днів тому +11

    The most accurate thing about this movie is the depravity of human beings, and how we make entertainment out of depravity and lowliness.

    • @garufia
      @garufia 13 днів тому

      Now that is an accurate statement.. 😂. Just joking around but I agree with you. Unfortunately part of human nature.

  • @davisoaresalves5179
    @davisoaresalves5179 23 дні тому +6

    That teacher is good.

  • @daviddorward7684
    @daviddorward7684 20 днів тому +4

    Very enjoyable. Greetings from Toronto.

  • @boudjayouni6088
    @boudjayouni6088 13 днів тому +2

    Jugurtha and Macrinus portrayed as black men (which they aren't) but i guess having the great Denzel washington as one of the main characters, it's somehow an acceptable inaccuracy ... then also during the first scenes of the movie we clearly hear an old Numidian man speaking in Arabic (WTF) 😔

  • @richardscanlan3419
    @richardscanlan3419 20 днів тому +7

    When I first saw the credits showing Caracalla and Geta as caucasians with red hair,I thought WTF!
    They were of African descent and the bust of a Caracalla clearly shows his African features.A cameo of his father Septimius Severus shows him as black.
    BUT,this is a Ridley Scott film so even the pretence of some level of historical accuracy isn't to be expected.

    • @floydtron
      @floydtron 16 днів тому +1

      Here's the thing - we have a (very rare) contemporary painting of Severus, Caracalla and is mother (who was Arab). The depiction of Serverus seems pretty accurate for a Berber living in North Africa but Caracalla is extremely pale compared to both his mother and father: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severan_Tondo

    • @RoccoSànchez-r6t
      @RoccoSànchez-r6t 6 днів тому

      ​@@floydtronRoman descendents

  • @GonzoTehGreat
    @GonzoTehGreat 27 днів тому +2

    This is an interesting comparison of scenes from the film with historical accounts/sources.
    Additionally, Professor Neel apparently also nresearched the making of the film to understand some of the cinematic choices, which is commendable.
    However, her comments regarding the use of the Testudo at 6:17 make me wonder if she's actually watched the film!
    To anyone who has, it's obvious that they're using their shields to keep Commodus and Maximus hidden from view as they rise into the arena, so they can then be theatrically revealed to the crowd.
    Her criticism that they're using a military maneuver incorrectly is absurd.

  • @collectivesartori
    @collectivesartori 15 днів тому

    Her association of Russell Crowe's Gladiator character identifying as a farmer with "white southern identity" (presumably the Southern US" is as about anachronistic and irrelevant as it gets. The association in the movie and the book upon which it was based is the "farmer/soldier" trope of ancient Roman military heroism, refering to an idealised type that Romans would very much have appreciated well into the Imperial era, despite farmer soliders being a thing of the past as early as the military reforms of Marius in the 2nd C BCE.

  • @samr8889
    @samr8889 17 днів тому +1

    Just got back from watching the second film, it is wonderfully silly!

    • @TylerD288
      @TylerD288 14 днів тому

      And you wasted your money on it, then rushed back to youtube to haughtily complain about it. yOu ShOwEd ThEm! 🙄

  • @rameenana
    @rameenana 22 дні тому

    Damn professor… get lost in your words. You have a beautiful way with words. I could listen to you all day. And the “kickass” air quotes was cute 😊
    Thank you for making this video.

  • @xeniousthe2nd432
    @xeniousthe2nd432 11 днів тому

    Sorry, did I miss the part where you reacted to Gladiator 2 or was that short intro it?

  • @scott234ca
    @scott234ca 22 дні тому +5

    Reviewed by someone who knows the topic.

  • @emmachang9710
    @emmachang9710 18 днів тому +1

    Loved this - interesting and educational! More professor reacts pls :)

    • @CarletonUvideos
      @CarletonUvideos  18 днів тому

      We are so glad you enjoyed it! More reactions are coming soon!

  • @salahuddinmuhammad3251
    @salahuddinmuhammad3251 16 днів тому +1

    Movies are not historical documentaries. They should be seen for what they are. When I watch documentaries, I am looking for information and knowledge, when watching movies, I am looking for entertainment.

  • @tcmyric4978
    @tcmyric4978 17 днів тому +1

    Professor do a

  • @sidneyrosey
    @sidneyrosey 6 днів тому

    It’s very curious to see how some folks of a lighter complexion (and system of reality) in the comments are telling on themselves by reinforcing the same white masculine identities and anxieties Dr. Neel alludes to 👀

  • @paulvmarks
    @paulvmarks 22 дні тому +1

    No there were not "multiple slaves for every free person" in the Roman Empire - even in Italy slaves were a minority.

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 16 днів тому

      There also weren't any black or brown emperors. Just because they were born in Africa or Syria doesn't make them "people of color" is she serious 🤣 🤦‍♂️

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 16 днів тому +2

      There also weren't any black or brown emperors either. She can't be serious 🤦‍♂️

    • @Bullet-Magnet
      @Bullet-Magnet 7 днів тому

      @@ChrisWolf75prove it

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 7 днів тому

      You prove it. Prove your woke revisionist history. They're busts and mosaics that exist of this actual historical figure who eventually went on to become Roman emperor for a single year before he was assassinated. @bullet

    • @paulvmarks
      @paulvmarks 7 днів тому

      @@ChrisWolf75 Remember to modern academics "equity" or "social justice" is what matters - not truth. They lie as a matter of policy.

  • @paulvmarks
    @paulvmarks 22 дні тому +1

    As for the idea that Rome from "its first days" depended on slave labour - there was not even a specialist slave market in the Rome till the Punic Wars.

  • @APar2008
    @APar2008 20 днів тому +1

    Syrians aren’t brown and neither are North Africans. They’re tan

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 16 днів тому

      Just because some roman nobility were born in Africa doesn't mean they were black or brown African. This is as bad as that Cleopatra nonsense.

    • @Bullet-Magnet
      @Bullet-Magnet 7 днів тому +1

      @@ChrisWolf75cleopatra is white and probably had a tan. North African are mixed with black and Greek or Macedonian you can’t prove she is wrong

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 7 днів тому

      She was Macedonian decendended from one of Alexander's generals as was all the royal family of the period. Absolutely nothing historically suggests she was of mixed race. @Bullet

  • @DancingSk3L3tons
    @DancingSk3L3tons 17 днів тому +1

    Lmao OK lady 😂🤣. Atleast I know where not to send my kids for college

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 16 днів тому +1

      She can't be serious 🤦‍♂️

    • @Bullet-Magnet
      @Bullet-Magnet 7 днів тому

      Can you prove her wrong?

  • @KevinBrady-fy3cx
    @KevinBrady-fy3cx 20 днів тому +2

    Berbers are going no be annoyed by this. The America obsession with modern racial definition superimposed on the past is mystifying.

  • @thewitchking3752
    @thewitchking3752 17 днів тому +1

    Not one emperor of rome was black just like the zulus had no white leaders

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 16 днів тому +1

      Bingo, there were no high-ranking senators or officials who were black either. The historic character that Denzel Washington plays in the movie would have been more Middle Eastern in appearance. Based on the busts and mosaics of the actual person. This lady is off her rocker.

    • @armaniesingletary8979
      @armaniesingletary8979 8 днів тому

      State your source that refutes her source.

    • @Bullet-Magnet
      @Bullet-Magnet 7 днів тому

      @@ChrisWolf75state your source

    • @ChrisWolf75
      @ChrisWolf75 7 днів тому

      @bullet, my source is in my comment. You state why you believe differently? Or is this based on modern revisionist "woke" history.

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 7 днів тому

      Wasn't Caracalla's dad dark skinned

  • @FrankinDallas
    @FrankinDallas 23 дні тому +4

    Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla's father and Emperor, was of Italian descent as was his wife. He just happened to have been born in a northen Africa Roman province. The woke mob decided he was black because there is a mosaic of him, his wife and Caracalla where is skin is dark like he has been out in the sun. Totally Caucasian features.

    • @slingosl
      @slingosl 18 днів тому

      Out of all the inaccuracies, lets focus on one. White folks are the woke ones now. 🤪 Crazy how things work an times change

    • @slingosl
      @slingosl 18 днів тому

      Have you ever seen the family portrait of Septimius Severus, Geta, Caracalla, and Julia you see the difference. Even the marble statues. Tight curly hair say that at the least they we're mixed race. African and European. Open your mind. Think outside the box sometimes.

    • @Bullet-Magnet
      @Bullet-Magnet 7 днів тому

      Yeah then how should they be portrayed

  • @peterwerner6805
    @peterwerner6805 25 днів тому +30

    I was hoping for a non woke analysis. I have been to northern Africa on numerous occasions from Morocco, to Lybia to Tunisia and Egypt. They are not BLACK. that is sub saharanpur Africa. Also the higher up the social class, the paler the people tend to be. In Roman times, the rulers of northern Africa were of Roman descent. DUH or Greek or Macedonian or Thracian, Illurian there were also for centuries Visigoth or Vandal rulers, who were white, not colored or brown. What a noncece professor. She should know this.

    • @spunkymonkey5102
      @spunkymonkey5102 25 днів тому +5

      Emphasis on the higher social status and lighter complexion link

    • @Rebecca-dm1co
      @Rebecca-dm1co 25 днів тому

      People in higher socio-economic social classes worldwide practice marriage and keep track of who the fathers of children are.
      This results in a population of less inbred children unlike lower classes who are more likely to engage in tribalistic social and sexual practices.
      Hence upper classes are lighter skinned. It’s something most people know but its not cool to say so because it doesn’t serve the ruling elites who want to keep the lower classes right where they are by encouraging sexual practices that destroy the culture and gene pool of the lower classes.

    • @track1949
      @track1949 24 дні тому +1

      L

    • @nigelsheppard625
      @nigelsheppard625 23 дні тому +4

      Yes I was hoping for the same. Unfortunately the Departments of History and Archaeology at Universities fell to the Woke cult decades ago. I'm surprised she didn't bang on about Mis-gendering some of the characters.

    • @TingTong2568
      @TingTong2568 23 дні тому +5

      Do you realize there are many Greeks has dark skin, dont you? Plus, many Europeans living in north Africa would have had tanned skin since they are living for generations in that hot and dry region

  • @aliukehinde3906
    @aliukehinde3906 21 день тому +1

    Why is she using Chucky's voice😂

    • @juanwessels8343
      @juanwessels8343 17 днів тому +1

      Hey look a groid that can type! More tricks pls!